Ascendance of a Bookworm

After leaving the orphanage, they decided on their respective rooms, discussed what they would do with replacing the furniture, and left the preparation for acceptance in the temple to the side service they had each held.

Return to the castle and report to the adoptive father on the flow of the visiting society at the dinner table, and consult with the adoptive father about the loading of furniture and the budget. Basically, permission came out and ended without any particular problem.

"The acceptance of Merhior and the children is over, but there are still piles of other problems."

"Problem?"

"We don't have enough people to make it to the prayer ceremony. It's big that Master Ferdinand is gone and Merhior can't make it to the prayer ceremony."

With Ferdinand gone and no talent to fill the hole, each and every one of them is burdened by the solemn and diminished blue clergy. We must think as soon as possible about what to do with the prayer ceremony allocation.

"Merhior doesn't have enough practice to instill magic, so I can't help it..."

I was supposed to spend a year practicing from last year's Lords' Conference to be able to participate this year, but Ferdinand's son-in-law was decided at the Lords' Conference. After that, he caged himself in the temple, giving top priority to his succession in the temple and my education, and did not provide much for basic sorcery.

In doing so, there was considerably less magic poured into the underlying sorcery, desperately having to be supplied by me and a clan of lords other than Ferdinand, and I could no longer afford to assist my adoptive mother or uncle with Merhior. Besides, in winter, Solemn Qing was brought forward and everyone was busy, and the adoptive mother was pregnant and Merhior was caged away in the north for safety.

"One season at a time, Charlotte, who was practicing carefully, must have had a lot of burdens, too, huh? Little practice, Merhior, is dangerous."

"Next year, I want to join you."

My adoptive father and adoptive mother looked at each other like they were in trouble, although Melchior said so regrettably, that this year was the year I was too busy to afford to hang out with Melchior practice.

"It may be difficult to practice providing for basic sorcery in a castle, but you can practice while serving in the temple. If you practice seriously, you'll be able to join us next year."

I may be able to figure it out next year, but there's nothing I can do about it this year.

"Prayer ceremonies solve the problem of numbers if they tear my proximity apart, but most of the adult proximity I can get out of the city is the escort knight..."

"I can't let you do anything dangerous just like reduce the escort knights"

In the words of my adoptive father I nodded, "I know, I'm in trouble". It has been rejected in the same terms by Brother Cornelius when he consulted his neighbours.

"Carriages, food, cooks, side services, ceremonial costumes, etc. can be solved with money, but people can't help it."

Wilfried looked up, listening silently for a while.

"How about me, Charlotte and the remaining blue clerics and go around to the distant Geebe's, so they and Haltmoot go around the direct jurisdiction?

"Huh? But... Brother Wilfried and Charlotte would be busy, wouldn't they? I don't think it's a good idea to increase the burden."

I wondered if it would be okay for everyone who was busy even though I had been entrusted with the temple, and Wilfried clasped his shoulders.

"In order to attach Risegang's endorsement, it's better to increase the chances of face to face with them once and in a way that the nobles can see that Rosemaine is not the only one involved in divinity"

Until now, to make the burden of travel less onerous, and to bridge the difference in harvest from Geebe, a magically rich lord candidate had circled the direct jurisdiction. But because of that, he moved the Gutenbergs, and then only the nobles would see me do the divine work.

"One end of Risegang's feeling that Rosemaine is the only one to be divine is apparently due to the absence of nobles who have seen other Lords candidates divine, even if the stories of Rosemaine and Haldenzel's miracles with the Gutenbergs go up among the nobles. That's what Lamprecht said when he collected information about the Risegang system."

... I didn't realize that at all.

"It might be a good idea for us to go around Geebe's. If you travel with Ordnants and Riding Beasts, you won't be so burdened in the distance."

Charlotte can use a boarding type of rider, so she can put the little chalice on and move around. Geebe doesn't have to have a gray cleric to assist him, as he doesn't have a prayer ceremony like in the countryside just to hand out the little chalice. The itinerary will be much lighter. Wilfried nodded at Charlotte's words.

"Then you might want to turn the blue cleric to your direct jurisdiction. I want the opportunity to meet as many Geebes as possible."

"Your brother might want to focus on the south, as he will also need to greet those newly appointed to the tentative Geebe"

"I do want to keep the South and Grechelle going around with a lot of new arrivals," Wilfried nodded, thinking a little about Charlotte's words. Apparently, he's actively trying to relate to the Risegang aristocracy.

"Now that I plan to take the Gutenbergs to Kilnberga, I will be in charge of Kilnberga and the immediate jurisdiction"

"A prayer ceremony that revolves around the countryside and instills direct magic will be difficult, but a divine matter that leads directly to the harvest. There is also a joint study with Flavel Turk. I asked you, Rosemaine."

My adoptive father also asked me, and I nodded. When the problem that was bothering my head was resolved and I was horrified, Wilfried glanced at me.

"Rosemaine, I thought you said you were going to be caged in the temple from now on? Why don't you try and regain your protection as soon as possible? If it can be demonstrated that even adults can gain protection by participating in divine affairs, it will be easier to persuade my side to accompany them."

They say the proximity of Wilfried, who doesn't want him to go too far because it's dangerous, even shows the difficulty of attending prayer ceremonies. He says he serves as a lord candidate, but if he goes outside, the danger increases. As for me, who was raided at my first prayer ceremony, I well understood the worries of the escort knights.

"If Brother Wilfried is in danger, shall we even make him an amulet? Because of this, Charlotte's share."

It would be a little reassuring to make and give two kinds of things that can handle physical attacks and those that can handle magic attacks. If the amulet can handle it unintentionally, I think the escort knight can handle it later. Charlotte laughed small as I thought about which type to make out of the many amulets I was wearing.

"We're the only ones heading for the prayer ceremony, but without one amulet, Merhior will persevere, sister."

Turning his gaze on Charlotte's words to Merhior, Merhior swelled a little and said, "I'm not obstinate".

My adoptive father slaps his hand lightly when he also decides to make an amulet for Merhior, who left a message.

"Rosemaine, I got a letter from Ferdinand in Arlensbach this afternoon. Looks like some private luggage you'd like me to send you along with your wedding stuff. It said," I want the letter delivered to the person holding the key to the museum. "They said if I showed the letters to the side servants left in the hall, they would prepare them. Bring me a civilian later."

"Yes, I did. How is Master Ferdinand?

My adoptive father made a slightly more difficult face to the words I asked, thinking that there would be no particular change because I had just met him during a territorial rivalry or graduation ceremony.

"... I'll be fine, but it seems like something is going to be a big deal. They're going to have a prayer ceremony in Arlensbach."

"Yes?"

I don't understand why my fiancé, Ferdinand, who is still officially from Aerenfest, has a prayer ceremony in Aerensbach.

"Lack of magic, Arlensbach, but they still can't let Ferdinand provide the underlying magic supply. This is my prediction, but I suspect that Aub Ahrensbach died and the next Aub began to re-dye the underlying magic"

He told me to do the divine work because I couldn't provide magic on the foundation. Apparently she has already read the letter. The adoptive mother also puts her hand on her cheek and exhales a troubled sigh.

"And it seems that the prayer ceremony was to be accompanied by Master Retizia. Anything, it seems that Dietrinde, who heard at Aerenfest about the Lord's Candidate after the Baptism ceremony offering magic supplies, tried to make Lady Retizia provide magic supplies from the beginning instead of practicing..."

"... it sounds like something strange is going on at Aerenfest."

Charlotte also looked worried. It's hard for kids unfamiliar with the treatment of magic to handle magic, like everyone was too busy to practice Merhior, and adult aides are a must. Not until you learn how to handle magic in the House of Lords. Still, you don't know the limits, or adults catch you and your magic draws out in large quantities.

Practice in Aerenfest from where demon stone magic runs to prevent it. If you do, adjusting the amount of magic contained in the magic stone will prevent the magic from drawing out too much and causing you to faint. Dealing with magic is a daunting task if you are not accustomed to it in and of itself, much less now.

... if you let the magic supply go without any practice, it will be a big deal.

When Ferdinand was absent, he decided to accompany Retizia because he didn't know what Dietrinde would be forced to do. They say Ferdinand teaches the treatment of magic at prayer ceremonies.

"... maybe this... maybe I should tell you that Master Ferdinand's kind restorative pills were considered harassing by Brother Wilfried and Charlotte"

"Rosemaine, that's not the place to worry! Worry about how Aerenfest's divinity passes to other realms."

It would be pathetic if Lettiezia hated me with kindness, I thought, but I got a sharp scratch from Wilfried.

... That's true, but you don't normally think you're going to let your pre-Lordship kids be so impotent because you know for yourself how much the magic supply is burdensome.

"Whatever Dietrinde you're mistaken about, if Master Georgine didn't try to stop you, you're more worried about that one. Dear adoptive father, did you send a letter to Master Ferdinand about the results of Solemn Qing?

It is said that the information in the territory must only be passed on to other territories as authorized by the adoptive father. Has it told Geebe Gerlach that there is a possibility of survival? Information from Matthias says one of the hidden rooms that manages the magic equipment was badly rough. He said the magic equipment was unlikely to be in Ghibe Gerlach, which was thoroughly managed to make it easy to use, and that he hastily brought out the necessary magic equipment before reaching out to the hall for an investigation.

... Well, it seems my workshop doesn't have a foot trail. For Laurenz, the roughness to that extent wasn't enough to be considered proof of survival.

He didn't even seem to be able to put Mathias in the individual's stash room where only Geebe Gerlach could get in, and he said that you haven't been able to look inside. It's just that my uncle found a strange cloth splint stuck in the door. The fabric that was pulled away by the force has a silver gloss, and although I can't explain what's odd, it seems odd.

"I sent some information. I checked to see if she had come to my sister's place and it was in the letter."

"Really? That was good. But you got past censorship a lot."

"There are several ways to exchange secret information. If you look at the letter, you'll never know."

My adoptive father said so looking at me in a meaningful way. Apparently, Ferdinand has the means to communicate secretly not only with me, but also with my adoptive father.

After dinner, while I was having Hartmoot pick up my letter, I went into the den with a letter I had previously received from Ferdinand. Since the rite of protection validated by Ferdinand in the Temple is written in glowing ink, the necessary part must be written down so that everyone else can read it.

Since the letter had been verified in the temple, it appears that there is a magic formation of its own in the magic equipment brought into the hall from the temple's workshop, which can be used if detailed verification results are to be sent.

"Mmm, I have to send my stuff anyway, so it's okay for me to write you the verification results and send them with you. But you said you'd give away everything in the hall, and conditional permission, isn't that a little terrible?

The truth is that the text that doesn't seem to give in at all makes me laugh unexpectedly because it looks so Ferdinand.

"Still, I can't believe you made yourself something that big. You were free right after you walked into the temple."

Given the size of the magic formations I used in the House of Lords, I think it's too big to make for research purposes. Wasn't the Mad Scientist bitter? When I left the stash with that in mind, Haltmoot was back with a copy of the letter.

"Thank you, Haltmoot. Tomorrow I'm going to the library to find something. They need this to perform a ritual of protection. Master Ferdinand has tried it."

"That's Master Ferdinand."

I get a copy of the letter from Haltmut, and instead I give the letter I wrote to Haltmut.

"Philine, if you'll excuse me, send the Ordnants to Brunhilde. I want you to tell the merchants the date and time of the meeting and tell them to be present. We'll talk about Grechelle, so you should stay, right? Tell him to accompany some civilians."

"Yes, sir."

"Otilier, Lieselator, Greater. I will return to the temple tomorrow after going to the library. We're going to be caged in the temple for a while, so please get ready."

If I say this, not only will they prepare costumes and accessories, but they will also contact the cooks and Rosina to arrange a carriage for them to move around.

"Then we are supposed to call the Guilberta Chamber of Commerce to the temple to fix the costume for the temple chief's ritual. Come to the temple that day to order your summer costume"

"Yes, sir."

As I give some instructions to my closest friends, I turn to the letter being written by my adoptive father's clerk. Most of the items I would like you to send to Arlensbach have just a few recent developments. That's all my adoptive father told me, too. It was written down by a civilian, so I finished reading it without ever missing the handwriting. It's written in aristocratic terms farther away, but I know very well that it's been very difficult since Dietrinde returned. Retizia's education also tends to lag behind.

... Master Retizia may be in awe because he was about to break his heart about the severity of Master Ferdinand.... Oh, but we're together all the time at the prayer ceremony.

I thought it was going to be very pathetic if I never just told them that sweet restorative drugs with kindness would be hated by kids, though they would also need to add sweets.

The next day, I went to my library with my neighbors in preparation for the ritual of protection.

... my library. What a good sound.

I look up at My Library riding on horseback with a groan, and, uh-huh, I laugh. I also don't forget to bring leather bags with magic equipment that should contain compliments. Today is the day to hear a compliment.

And I stood before the door of the doorway, and took out the keys of the house, which were lowered to my chest through the chains. When you plug it into the keyhole with Kachiri, a red magic line runs through the door. And he opened it up automatically as he made a giggly noise.

"Welcome back, Master Rosemaine"

Beyond the door awaited me the side service of the hall, which I had seen face to face many times during the hauling of luggage and the visit of Dietrinde.

"Long time no see, Razapham. May I ask Lord Ferdinand to prepare his luggage, as I have been informed in Ordonanz? If you send it to the castle, they'll send it with the wedding celebration stuff. I'll be with my neighbors looking for things in the workshop, using hidden rooms, reading in the library, reading, reading."

Rutherfam, a junior aristocrat of his age with Ferdinand, has already seen Ferdinand pick me out of the library sticking to a book and not leaving. I don't need to fix it now.

... or I'm just about done with it. Anyway, I'll have a rundown soon.

And Razapham glanced at the copy of the letter which I had given him, and said, Master Rosemayne, open the door before entering the library. They have several doors that cannot be opened without me, the Lord of the Hall, where Ferdinand's luggage has been unpacked.

After I opened the door which Razapham had told me, I went to the workshop with Hartmoot and the others. I have to open and close the doors of the workshop. "I'm in the library, so look for me." Security is awesome but a little inconvenient.

"It seems that among the magic equipment brought in from the temples around here is a magic formation to be used in the rite of protection. We're giving Haltmoot the paper with the details, so look for them all. I'll go to the library after I've made a hidden room."

"Dear Rosemayne, I'm in the hall, but I need you to escort me at once. I'm not very helpful here."

That's what Angelica says and runs for escort. I took Angelica alone up the stairs to the room, as everyone seemed interested in a great deal of magic equipment.

"Still, how come women's rooms are always upstairs?

"Isn't it because if you don't keep it the same everywhere, it's wrong?

... That's not what I meant, well, okay.

I enter the private room of this hall, having a conversation that does not engage Angelica at all. And I looked around the room where the stuff was good but a little old furniture remained.

They say this is the room used by the woman who came to Aerenfest with Ferdinand when he was brought here before baptism. Ferdinand admired her like her mother, but after being taken to the castle to prepare for the christening ceremony, she didn't appear when she came back. He said Veronica might have ruled him out.

Since I am not particularly thoughtful about the furniture, I am not planning on replacing it until I leave the furniture that is important to Ferdinand, and I am going to let it remain in use.

... What kind of person did Master Ferdinand admire like his mother?

Angelica, take the chair there.

I stood in front of the door of the hidden room behind the bedroom, and when I made the magic registration, I opened the door. Ask them to put a chair in a room that doesn't contain anything yet. I left Angelica in my room and closed the door to the hidden room.

And when I sit in my chair, I take the leather bag that was lowered to my hips, and I take the recording magic equipment out of it. If you shed magic, Ferdinand's voice flowed.

"Are you listening in the library stash I gave you?

"Of course, sir."

I reply with my chest stretched against the magic appliance. After a short while, Ferdinand began to talk about his concerns.

The fact that Georgine moved out of the palace, that he did not see himself for a while in the period just after winter, that there are rumours that he has increased his proximity, that he is even more alert to the downward movement than even Justkus can sneak in.

"There is no doubt that something happened during the winter. It is also possible that the remnants of Solemn Qing came to Georgine. Tell Zilvester not to be alarmed. Then there's some information that seems to be needed to contain Risegang in a crate in the paperwork compartment in the room where I keep my stuff. From now on, it's important to keep it down on your own because I can't help you, but if you decide you can't, I want you to let me know."

... all the precautions for adoptive fathers. What, when are the compliments coming?

I know it's pretty important information, but I'm disappointed for what I was expecting. With a slight drop of my shoulder, I listen to the rest.

"Then, my attention to you..."

... not just attention, but compliments, Pleas!

"I can't expand my trading boundaries this year, Zilvester tells me. There's a chance that a territory will go wild, and it's about time the merchants, who didn't know what Aerenfest was like, started making strange moves from getting used to it."

He mentioned an example of Carlin having trouble trying to dowry from Classenburg and said that the same thing was likely to happen in the future.

"Marriage, if both parties are still convinced, won't be such a big problem, but it doesn't necessarily mean you won't be in the middle of some rough action. Printing and hair decorations are now the majority of the profits generated by the few craftsmen you raised. Likely to be eyed."

Gutenberg is moving to Kilnberga, but Touri, who has the best arm as a hair decorator, is in the lower town, as are Benno and Marc.

... what can I do about it...

I don't know how to protect everyone. I can't stay with you all the time, and the amulets I have so much need so much magic that I can't let everyone in Lower Town have them.

Though we can only let them know that there is a danger, maybe Benno and the others know better what kind of danger there is on the deal.

"For this reason, I will teach you how to make amulets that can also be held by unwitting civilians, so let those you wish to protect have them."

That's what Ferdinand's voice began to say about how to make amulets. I rush to take notes when I take out the bookboard. They're going to need a slightly different way of making and materials than those for nobility that they can replenish with their own magic.

"The material should be in the library workshop. … to teach you how to use amulets, to replenish magic, and for a reason, would it be easier to invite them to the temple? Then I think it would be easier to make it a festive gift if it were like the hair decoration I sent you."

Touri's adults are at the end of the summer. Perhaps you are saying something so roundabout that you can make adult gifts greatly from me?

"... it's hard to understand, as always"

I complained small about the magic apparatus that had silenced me, and I pointed my lips softly.

"Now if there was a compliment in it, it would have been perfect."

Looks like I was stupid to expect compliments from Master Ferdinand. Grasp the magic equipment and exhale.

"... I think you work very hard"

"Huh!?

After a long, long silence, there was another voice. Am I mistaken in hearing, and I lay my magic equipment in my ear?

"Oh, my God."

Even though it's a short word, I felt it would all pay off.

I was happy and proud.

Maybe it's because it's such an easy compliment to hear.

As I got out of the chair holding down my naturally loose cheeks, I put the recording magic equipment in a leather bag and placed it in the chair. If you ever want another compliment, you can listen to it.

... He asked me to put in a compliment, so I have to work hard too.

Every effort must be made to be worthy of praise so that he may come again to hear it.

"Okay! I'm fine. Everybody's amulet, I'm gonna make it!

When I was well, I opened the hidden door wide and smiled and headed to the workshop.